| S.T.A.G.E. said:
As for the Japan... had the PS3 been easier to develop for, the result would've remained basically the same. On paper the PS3 was more powerful than the 360. In reality it only had better looking exclusives. Japanese haven't been pushing tech like western devs. Never to the extent, they only have been pushing gameplay, but not really expansive worlds and playing with others in them. Essentially westerners were ahead of them by a generation already. If you look at it PC gaming today is being held back by console gaming, because the top publishers and developers are waiting for console revenue. How many Japanese devs outside of Inafune do you see getting on the case of Japan? Very few. Hideo Kojima has to be depressed because he's figuratively alone right now. I still love the games, but come on, who are we kidding here? Platinum Games is in the safe zone right now developing for the Wii U and you know it. Monolith will finally get hardware to make a proper JRPG and I think right now outside of Versus thats the only one I am interested in. Lost Odyssey was great and when I get the Wii U I will definitely look into buying the digital version of the Last Story. Western development is growing at an alarming rate and the only thing holding back multiplat PC devs is console development. On the upside their company grows because of the revenue they bring it from consoles. Hopefully Japan shapes up for next gen, because when we see how crazy and expansive the next gen WRPG's are the JRPG's better match up. |
Agreed!
